This is the Helioseed Chronicles Reader's Companion. It holds extra artwork, an Atlas, Character charts, sketches, and the language created for these books.
This critical volume explores the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, focusing particularly on the themes of war in his novel A Farewell to Arms. Readers are presented with a series of essays which lend context and expand upon the themes of the book, including viewpoints on the reasons for, and the aftereffects of, war. Contemporary perspectives on PTSD, foreign policy, and military spending allow readers to further connect the events of the book to the issues of today's world.
Not since the days of Desert Shield/ Desert Storm in 1991, has the world seen the full might of the U.S. military until now. A newly elected woman President is made an offer she cannot refuse. Cheap oil from a non-OPEC member for the next 5 years in exchange for help rebuilding the government and country of Somalia. The President agrees to this deal for what amounts to be a simple law enforcement action. The plans for Operation: Mount McKinley are laid out. With troops massing at the Somalian southern border and 5 full aircraft carrier battle groups headed there as well as many squadrons of Air Force bombers, the world watches carefully. The Iraq War, still fresh on peoples minds, is something that the public does not want to be repeated. A Black Book Project coupled with a decade long U.S. Navy psychological experiment on a mustang commander aboard a submarine, has come full circle. A new breed of fast attack sub is about to be launched. The USS DIAMONDBACK, SSN-75 is the most advanced, stealthiest and quietest sub under the sea. Operation Mount McKinleys success or failure is dependent on this new weapon. Will she succeed? Find out.
Lucy Thorncroft finds herself hurtling back toward her home planet Earth, with a raucous shipload of old friends, and serious dangers, old and new, waiting to greet her. Can Lucky Lucy convince Earth’s strong-arm government that joining with the aliens is the only way to save themselves?
At the height of the 'Great Game' in Central Asia, in the run up to World War I and the aftermath of the second Afghan War, the region of Afghanistan became particularly significant for both Great Britain and Russia. Afghanistan and the Defence of Empire explores the relationship between British and Afghan rulers, during the crucial period of the reign of Amir Habibullah Khan, as the British sought to safeguard their Indian Empire from the threat of Imperial Russia. With Russia's defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1905 and the rise of Germany as a superpower, the need to end the rivalry took on the utmost importance: efforts which culminated in the singing of the Anglo-Russian Convention in 1907. As the history of Afghanistan becomes ever more crucial for the understanding of its present military and political situation, this book will be of vital interest for students of History, Central Asian Studies, Military History and International Relations.